Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-09
diverting their love Of country, and tits of

! But il the face Of these ominous signs
Of the times it is pleasicg for the patriot
20 contemplate the fact that opposing
sgeI cies are a. work TO counteract them.
! Congress is at work. The Reagan inter-
state commerce bill, defective as it ne
cessarily must be, ia step in the right
direction, and indicates the force OF pub
| lie opinion. The demand for retrench-
ment and reform is already heard in no
uncertain sound, and restraining influence
| upon the power OF corporations will be
the tenor Of NATIONAL legislation for
years to come.
Thus We have opposing forces danger
Gus in their nature, each aggressive and
threatening. But in our representative
government, where every two years the
national lawmakers come fresh from the
people, there con be no very great dan
ger to our republican institutions until
the great voice of the puolic IS overpo W
cred. Then our government viii fall,
and not until then. Then there will be-
two classes eternally at war with each
other, and patriotic love OF country will
be smothered in the fierce war of class in
terests.
May the time never come, and il dealing
J with such forces may our national law
makers be actusted by the same unselfish
love OF country that burned in the breasts
Of the volunteers of the Mexican war.
May the spirit of your departed heroes
and leaders breathe upon their councils
and inspire their Judgments.
Revolutions will occur in our future
history from time to time, but they will
be by the ballot If We can but retain O
spark OF the patriotism that burns In
your breasts to day. Neral revolutions
| will also contemplating the atmosphere
of national evils. Ia the midst
OF all this may we ever be
able to steer safely amidst the breakers in
the current of our national progress.
Tempests will arise and scatter the stag
mated forces feeding upon our liberties,
and as they fly, may we not hGye too
much organization which is paternalism.
May our liberty be regulated by law and
not run into unrestrained license, which
is anarchy and socialism. May the cor
porations be within the Just control of
the laW-m2king power, aud may our
future be Continuation of our present
national greatness, where we may eFj ~
the blessings OF freedom in q pure gov
eminent whose strength lies in the loyalty
and patriotism of its whole people.
At the conclusion CT his speech, Mr.
Powell was warmly congratulated by the
gentlemen on the stage and later on by
MS friends on the outside.
GENERAL MANSIONS RESPONSE.
General Manson, acting president of the
association, arose and made & most happy
and vigorous reply. Il Afforded him
great pleasure to appear before & Texas
audience. Though ne long desired it,
this was his first opportunity TO make his
bow before an audience Of Texans. The
association had been in existence for IF
teen years aud this assembling was the
first time in its history that the henor
and pleasure of meeting in Texas WAS
ever enjoyed. The association wss
greatly indebted to the Merchants and
Manufacturers Bureau for the privilege
of meeting in this state, and especially in
q city that bears the name Of one Of our
| most cherished and modest leaders who
has passed away. In the history Of an
individual life, it is long time since the
days and nights that we're marked by the
battles 6rd biYOpgcs of that fi5Tce strug-
gle. With the immorta! Webster he could
say: "The same heavens are smiling
ABOVE you, the same soil is beneath your
feet, hut how all else is Charged" Gen
eral Manson reviewed the history of the
| Mexican war, and the causes that brought
| il about, the spontaneous and universal
response TO the callfor volunteers and the
spirit OF patriotism that animated those
| who went forth TO 90 battle for the rights
Of their country. He told OF the 200
battles that were fought and won by
American arms. He rehesrsed in glow
| ing terms the incidents Of the war and
| with feeling eloquence which lacked
| little approaching the trsgiC, spoke Of the
| fate of those brave men who occupy IN
marked graves in a foreign land. He
closed with spirited discussion Of the
cases Of the Chicago anarchists, now
pending. and prayed God that the Gov
ernor of Illinois would be given the
strength and power to execute the law
according to right and ustice.
THE ROLL CALL.
The business then was openedregu
by the calling of the roll. COmmunica-
tons were read from Captain E. B. Dag
gett, rendering the use of his hsll and
carriages free to the veterans, aud from
the street car companies, rendering free
transportation.
sECRETARY's REPORT.
Secretary A. NJ Kenadsy submitted the
following report, which was oroered pup
lished:
FORT WORTH, Ten, Nov. s. 1887.
To the President of the National Association Of
Veterans of tre MeXi3an War.
GENERAL nave the honor to report
to the comrades assembled in the if
teenth annual reunion OF the association
that since our last meeting, held on the
10Th of August, 1886, st Des Moines:
lows, there have been issued by the Sec
rotary thirty-six bronze metal badges,
thirty nine gold and thirteen silver medsl-
lions, making total of 400 registered
members of the association who have in
this manner contributed toward sustain
Ing the organization during the past
fifteen years the amount in excess OF
the actual cost of the badges and medal-
! lions.
The proceedings of the Des Moines re-
union were deliberately reported and cir
culated to all parts Of the country
through the medium of the Vedette, as
usual reaching more than $4,000 families
of the surviving officers, soldiers and
sailors who served in the Mexican war
The publication of the Ysdette. It
should be remembered, was private en-
terprise established by an individual
member TO meet an urgent demand for